Acquisitive - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

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Avaricious corporate bosses looking to maximize profits

adjective

Showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions

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The idea is to shift the bad debts of the avaricious and the greedy onto the shoulders of middle-cl…

adjective

Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

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An avid reader of science fiction

adjective

Extremely eager or interested

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Knowles is an avid runner and cross-country skier., we listened avidly to the news from our secret …

adjective

Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

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She fingered the linen with covetous hands

adjective

Wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else

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I can't help casting covetous looks at my neighbour's new porsche.

verb

Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.

Примеры использования:

She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun

A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.

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He made a grab at the pistol

noun

A mechanical device for clutching, lifting, and moving things, especially materials in bulk.

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The lessons had still not been learned by november the following year, when the mechanical grab rip…

adjective

Having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy.

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Don't be so grabby—i was here before you

adjective

Trying to take things for yourself

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Don't be so grabby, shirley. let the others have their share., a comedy about a pair of grabby oppo…

adjective

Wanting to or designed to attract attention

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They exist to sell ads by writing articles with grabby headlines and little substance., the film's …

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

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They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

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She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

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He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

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He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

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Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

adjective

A greedy algorithm (= a set of mathematical instructions or rules given to a computer to help calculate something) or method of solving a problem involves making the best choice at each stage without considering future stages

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They tested the algorithm against the so-called greedy algorithm used as the basis for the allocati…

noun

A large board in a public place, used to display advertisements.

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The hoardings display the london 2012 candidate city logo with the words ‘hounslow: back the bid’ u…

verb

Accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.

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Thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector

noun

A very large sign in a public place on which advertisements are shown

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Advertising hoardings, a number of buildings have been demolished, with hoardings put up around the…

adjective

Feeling or showing the need for food.

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I was feeling ravenously hungry

adjective

Feeling the need to eat because there has been a period of time when you have not eaten

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The children are always hungry when they get home from school., they were poor and often went to be…

suffix

Having a great need or wish for the stated thing

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Capital-/cash-/money-hungry, energy-/power-hungry the energy-hungry transportation sector was weak …

adjective

Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.

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We're living in a highly materialistic society

noun

Marked by a desire for wealth and possessions

adjective

Believing that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life

adjective

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

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She's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger

noun

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Примеры использования:

He had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries

noun

A person hired to fight for another country than their own

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

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They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Someone who is money-grubbing has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it

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The over-charging money-grubbing landlords have tarnished our industry., some money grubbing lawyer…

noun

The behaviour of someone who has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it

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Profit is deeply rooted in the world of business and too often associated with money-grubbing and g…

adjective

Mainly interested in money and doing everything possible to get it

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They see their bosses as money-grubbing robots and not as coworkers., he was the top money-grubber …

adjective

Someone who is money-grubbing has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it

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The over-charging money-grubbing landlords have tarnished our industry., some money grubbing lawyer…

noun

The behaviour of someone who has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it

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Profit is deeply rooted in the world of business and too often associated with money-grubbing and g…

idiom

Trying hard to succeed, esp. in a way that is dishonest

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The movie is about a businessman on the make, who steals company funds.

adjective

Demanding someone's total attention and love.

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Has he become jealous or possessive?

noun

A possessive word or form.

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Prenominal possessives (john's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.

adjective

If you are possessive about something that you own, you do not like lending it to other people or sharing it with other people

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He's pretty possessive about his ipod - i wouldn't dare ask to borrow it.

adjective

(of an animal) preying naturally on others.

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Predatory species of shark

adjective

People or organizations who are predatory tend to use others for their own advantage

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Larger companies, which played a predatory role, swooped down to cash in on the new fad.

adjective

Used to describe a situation where a company is looking to buy another company that is in a weak financial position

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Trading was heavy, sparking speculation that the group, clearly vulnerable to a bid, was attracting…

adjective

Aggressively greedy or grasping.

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Rapacious landlords

adjective

Having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

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A rapacious landlord/businessman, her rapacious appetite for fame